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Located in Barangay Panghulo, the Artex Compound was a rent-free housing project built for the workers of the Artex Development Co., Inc., [Note 1] a textile and thread manufacturing factory that has operated since the 1960s. Most of its 1,200 workers and their families lived in the Artex Compound, some for more than 30 years. [5]
The cause of the fire was traced to a damaged third rail collector shoe that caused electrical arcing on Train No. 117. [41]: 1 Earlier that day, ten-car Train No. 363 had made an emergency stop in the Transbay Tube while traveling towards San Francisco at approximately 4:30 p.m., reporting smoke and a possible fire.
The gas crater is near the village of Darvaza in the middle of the Karakum Desert, about 260 kilometres (160 mi) north of Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, it has a diameter of 60–70 metres (200–230 ft) [5][4] and has a depth of about 30 metres (98 ft). [6] Another nearby gas crater is fenced off and has a distinct odor. [4] The mud ...
Yanar Dagh view by the road side. The reason offered for the Yanar Dagh fires is the result of hydrocarbon gases emanating from below the Earth's surface. Apart from Yanar Dagh, the most famous site of such a fire is the Fire Temple near Baku, off the Greater Caucasus, which is a religious site known as an ateshgah, meaning temple of fire.
Blue lava. Blue lava, also known as (Indonesian: Api Biru), [1] and simply referred to as blue fire or sulfur fire, is a phenomenon that occurs when sulfur burns. It is an electric-blue flame that has the illusory appearance of lava. Despite the name, the phenomenon is actually a sulfuric fire that resembles the appearance of lava, rather than ...
18,387. • Density. 200/km 2 (510/sq mi) Time zone. UTC+8 (PST) Tinajeros is a barangay of Malabon in the Philippines.
The Tian Shan with the Flaming Mountains at bottom Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves on cliffs under the Flaming Mountains. In ancient times, the merchant traders traversing the Silk Route in Southeast Asia avoided the mountains by stopping at oasis towns, such as Gaochang, built on the desert's rim at the foot of the Flaming Mountains and near an important mountain pass.
The Malabon Zoo first opened around 1989 and was founded by the Manny Tangco in Barangay Potrero in Malabon, Metro Manila. In March 2020, community quarantine measures imposed as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of the zoo to the public and caused financial strain to the zoo's maintenance. This led Tangco launching an ...